Scott Starr focuses on litigating civil lawsuits, including class actions and various types of securities fraud. Scott is the only "Super Lawyer" north of Indianapolis specializing in Securities Fraud.Scott graduated from Ball State University summa cum laude, majoring in accounting (he passed the CPA exam), and from Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, magna cum laude. Since graduation, he has concentrated on litigating civil lawsuits, including class actions and various types of securities fraud. Scott also recently achieved an AV® Preeminent™ Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®He has participated in many jury trials and has acted as class counsel on a number of class actions. In August 2006, he served as lead counsel in a class action brought on behalf of 300 Ohio investors against Prudential Securities in Marion, Ohio. A past president of the Cass County (Indiana) Bar Association, Scott is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association, a Fellow of the American Bar Association, the American College of Trial Lawyers, the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (DTCI) and the Defense Research Institute (DRI). He is also a member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), a nationwide organization of attorneys who devote a substantial portion of their practice to representing individuals who are making claims against stock brokers and brokerage firms.Scott sat on the DTCI Board of Directors for 11 years, was an officer for 5 years, and served as President in 1998. He received the Defense Research Institute Exceptional Performance Citation at its annual meeting in San Francisco in 1998 and was named a Diplomat of DTCI in 2003. He has lectured frequently on a variety of topics related to litigation for both the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) and DTCI. Scott was voted an Indiana Super Lawyer from 2003 through 2011 and was also voted one of the top 50 lawyers in the State of Indiana from 2004 through 2007.